Rickystokesnews Quotes & Sayings

Why were they whining then? ... whining, damn them, whining ...
Because they'd have to give up their hope of living like an animal and return to an honest, conscious, human life. The prospect was hard. — William H Gass

The process of writing a story isn't about fair. It's about getting to the heart of your story, getting to the truth of it. It transcends ideals of fair and unfair, right and wrong. — Lynn Coady

Well, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't so bad. — Paul A. Volcker

Is stuffed, de world, wif feeding girls. — John Berryman

Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority. We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you to know with which ear you'll listen. — Ray Bradbury

How should we provide for our families? Financially, spatially (be near them), emotionally, morally, spiritually. ... I don't have what it takes to provide for my family spiritually; I need Jesus. — Steve Farrar

The substantial uncertainty about the path of asset price movements going forward necessarily reduces the case for altering policy in advance of the move. — Timothy Geithner

I've always preferred writing about grey characters and human characters. Whether they are giants or elves or dwarves, or whatever they are, they're still human, and the human heart is still in conflict with the self. — George R R Martin

There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one. — E.W. Howe

Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation. — Jean Racine

I feel that audiences are very sophisticated, and part of my challenge is to keep them engaged because they are so complex. — Chiwetel Ejiofor

With the canal, the cost of shipping a ton of flour from Buffalo to New York City fell from $120 a ton to $6 a ton, and the carrying time was reduced from three weeks to just over one. The effect on New York's fortunes was breathtaking. Its share of national exports leaped from less than 10 percent in 1800 to over 60 percent by the middle of the century; in the same period, even more dazzlingly, its population went from ten thousand to well over half a million. — Bill Bryson

I don't need someone else's power. I'm obtaining my own. — Megan Fox